Spotlight on New Nilsson Songs
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. Spotlight On New Nilsson Songs 1: Donna (I Understand) (Harry Neilson) – Johnny Niles 20: 1941 (Nilsson) – Harry Nilsson 2: Wig Job (Harry Neilson) – Johnny Niles 21: A Boy From The City (Nilsson) – Harry Nilsson 7 inch single, Mercury 72132, July 1963 22: The La La Song (Nilsson) – Harry Nilsson 23: Hey Little Girl (Nilsson-Correll) – Jimmie Cross 3: Stand Up And Holler (John Marascalco-Harry Nilsson) – The Foto-Fi Four 24: Wonderful Summer (Botkin-Garfield) – Robin Ward 7 inch single, Foto-Fi 107, early 1964 25: There Will Never Be (Botkin-Garfield) – Harry Nilsson 26: Don't Say Goodbye (Botkin-Garfield) – unknown 4: Baa Baa Blacksheep (Harry Nilsson) – Bo Pete 27: Without Her (Nilsson) – Harry Nilsson 7 inch single, Crusader 103, April 1964 28: The Story Of Rock And Roll (Nilsson) – Harry Nilsson 29: Paradise (Nilsson) – Jean King 5: Do You Wanna (Have Some Fun) (John Marascalco-Harry Nilsson) – Bo Pete 30: Countin' (Nilsson) – Jimmie Cross 6: Groovy Little Suzie (John Marascalco) – Bo Pete 31: Little More Rain (Nilsson-Botkin) – unknown 7 inch single, Try 501, mid 1964 32: Good Times (Nilsson) – Harry Nilsson Promotional LP: New Nilsson Songs, Rock Music Co. 1967 7: Donna (I Understand) (Harry Neilson) – Johnny Niles 8: Wig Job (Harry Neilson) – Johnny Niles 7 inch single, Spindle Top 1929, 1965 Spotlight on New Nilsson Songs is the first in an ongoing Harry Nilsson rarities series, HARRYties, if you will. We start off with several pseudonymous singles, which are honestly nothing special as Harry 9: The Path That Leads To Trouble* (Johnny Cole) – Nilsson wasn’t yet allowed to be Harry. Things would change with his debut album, Spotlight On Nilsson, truly a long-lost gem, even if doesn’t approach the production masterpieces of his later work. Finally New Nilsson 10: Good Times* (Harry Nilsson) – Nilsson Songs was a promotional only record (mostly) showcasing Harry’s songwriting. Although Harry didn’t sing 11: So You Think You've Got Troubles (Marvin Rainwater) – Nilsson on all the tunes, some the ones he is featured on remain exclusive to this hard-to-find disc. 12: I'm Gonna Lose My Mind (Johnny Cole) – Nilsson 13: She's Yours (H. Nilsson-J.R. Shanklin) – Nilsson Since this series only covers currently unavailable material you’ll have to look elsewhere for Harry’s very first recordings made for Scott Turner but not released until many years later. To complete your collection 14: Sixteen Tons (Merle Travis) – Nilsson you’ll need Hollywood Dreamer for the undubbed demos and Debut Sessions 1962 for the dubbed 15: Born In Grenada (H. Nilsson-J. Marascalco) – Nilsson versions. 16: You Can't Take Your Love (Harry Nilsson) – Nilsson This is a fan-created disc, and is never for sale. Purple Chick thanks you for sharing the music! 17: Growin' Up (Harry Nilsson) – Nilsson 18: Do You Believe (Harry Nilsson) – Nilsson Look out for future discs in the HARRYties series… LP: Spotlight On Nilsson, Tower ST 5095, 1966 and ST 5165, 1967 *with The New Salvation Singers 19: Sixteen Tons (a cappella) (Merle Travis) – Nilsson bonus track (one channel of the stereo mix) .